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DARK SECRETS: 3 - The Real Truth

“A personal crowning moment for me was having Lemmy ask me to play on a Motörhead record!” Alice in Chains’ Mike Inez on why Cliff Burton ruled, Paul McCartney's influence – and what John Entwistle told him (that he already knew)

Inez is a rock bass powerhouse, holding it down with AIC, Ozzy, Heart, guesting with Slash. Here he discusses a life in low-end and the evolution of his style

Guitar World

"If we’d kept things together and stopped arguing, we could have all been multi-millionaires!" The story of Hawkwind's most prog-friendly album, Warrior On The Edge Of Time

Bruised and battle-weary after a punishing live schedule, in 1975 Hawkwind weren’t in the best place ahead of recording their fifth studio LP. But what emerged was a stunning tour de force of science fantasy-inspired progressive space rock

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"There was a lot of rejection, because I was a skinny Black girl trying to be the singer of a rock band." How Skunk Anansie's Skin went from Bob Marley-attended basement parties to a Glastonbury-headlining Britrock icon

From Oasis attending their early gigs to hanging out with David Bowie and Lemmy, Skin became a true rock icon in the 90s

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Official Lemmy statue to be unveiled - and you can be there

Put May 9 in your diary now

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"It could have been the end, but it became a new beginning": Fleetwood Mac and the game-changing arrival of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Joe Walsh, Don Airey, Those Damn Crows, Pete Townshend, Lollapalooza 92, Luke Spiller, Mike Campbell, Yngwie Malmsteen, Samantha Fish and more

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"I know that sooner or later I won’t be able to do this any more": Driven by desperation and enthusiasm, Ian Anderson is leading Jethro Tull through a late career productivity burst

Why Ian Anderson is keeping Jethro Tull on a prolifically productive roll

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"Five were f***ing horrible." Skunk Anansie icon Skin shares what it was like being buddies with David Bowie and Lemmy, and run-ins with 90s boybands

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"What I learned from Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy is that they're real people, and they'll be like that until they die": Ice-T on his heroes and the music he loves most

Body Count singer and rapper Ice-T picks the records and artists he loves, and names the singer who almost guarantees pregnancy

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"Lemmy was the real deal, right to the end." Metallica's Kirk Hammett on his love for Motorhead

It's no secret the members of Metallica love Motorhead. But Kirk Hammett shares just what the rock'n'roll legends mean to him

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"What happens next, you give everyone a hard-on and then go around the room with a bat like Al Capone?!” Ginger Wildheart's wild tales of Lemmy, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Cheap Trick and more

Meet Ginger Wildheart, the multi-tasking musical superhero who's shared stages with Cheap Trick and Motörhead and drinks with Axl Rose, Tony Iommi and Liza Minnelli

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“We’d solidly work from two in the afternoon to until 10pm. Why did we knock off then? So, we could get to the pub!”: The chaotic story behind Motörhead’s Overkill, the album that turned three speed freaks into stars

Motörhead’s second album, Overkill, was the one that truly put them on the map

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"He built a campfire in the middle of his hotel room. It was kinda cute…" The mad, bad and dangerously daft story of The Damned

A fast history of punk legends The Damned. Includes: spit, vomit, cider, sulphate, haunted mansions, and "serious amounts of lunacy".

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“Our manager overheard one of Pink Floyd say something about our keyboardist and he threatened to break their legs”: Andy Fairweather Low’s wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters and Tom Jones

From Hendrix’s backing vocalist to George Harrison and Roger Waters’ right hand man, Andy Fairweather Low is one of rock’s secret MVPs

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"You can only be what the public thinks you are for so long before it becomes boring": The story of how Metallica got themselves an orchestra – and the album that followed

With Metallica’s S&M reaching the grand old age of 25, we look back at how, and why, the world’s leading metal band teamed up with – shock, horror – the San Francisco Symphony

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“Lemmy gave me joy, confidence in myself, and energy – he’s an avatar of the original spirit and power of rock and roll”: Statue of Motörhead legend to be unveiled in his hometown this May

Lemmy's bronze tribute was sculpted by Andy Edwards – the artist behind the world-famous Beatles statue in Liverpool

The Guardian - UK

‘I hope you enjoy the show. I hope I’m not dead’: how Feelgood star Wilko never saw the play about his life

The musician lived a wild story of many acts: Jonathan Maitland turned it into a play and read it to him just a year before he died. This is how their encounter went …

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Scorpions postpone Vegas residency as drummer Mikkey Dee continues recovery from sepsis

Mikkey Dee requires a few more months of recovery before he can take on Scorpions' Las Vegas residency.

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Linda Nolan, singer and television personality, dies aged 65

Agents says the ‘celebrated Irish pop legend’ died ‘with her loving siblings by her bedside’

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“Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted to talk to me. They thought I would be right for the part of The Terminator”: WASP frontman Blackie Lawless’ wild tales of Lemmy, Gene Simmons and The Village People

The Independent UK

Scorpions and former Motörhead drummer Mikkey Dee recovering after near death from sepsis

‘I was admitted for three weeks but now I am home,’ said musician

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'Another day and I'd be playing drums with Lemmy in heaven': Motorhead's Mikkey Dee feels lucky to be alive after contracting sepsis

Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee feels lucky to be alive after contracting sepsis following a sprained ankle.

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"Motörhead is not past tense. It's present tense": Phil Campbell pays tribute to Lemmy as ashes go on display at London adult entertainment club

Fans are encouraged to visit Lemmy's ashes at London club Stringfellows

The Independent UK

Ashes of Motorhead star Lemmy enshrined in London club Stringfellows

Lemmy’s Motorhead bandmate joked that his friend is ‘going to have a good view’

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"Phil wouldn't be afraid to throw a punch, but it was Eddie who gave people a battering": How Motörhead made their game-changing Overkill album and the anarchic tour that followed

An exclusive extract from Kris Needs' biography Make My Day: The Rock'n'Roll Story Of Eddie Clarke

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“A phrase that works on every occasion is an invaluable exit strategy”: Bono on the priceless advice he was given by a hard rock, harder-drinking legend

U2’s frontman on being enlightened by a true rock’n’roll sage

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